The cause of autism is still unknown
and therefore ways of treatment are only experiments. When nobody can delve
into the autistic child’s mind, what can their family do? Marathon narrates the
story of an autistic child afraid of being abandoned and trying to the best of
his abilities to fit. His mother who, in her search of a way to co-exist with
autism, hurts herself, her family and her child. His coach who has lived
aimlessly until he meets the miraculous boy. A touching tale with a realistic
narrative. No, it’s not easy. And yes, even the loving mother can think of giving
up at times and might lose track of others. Parents are not superhumans and they
do get tired. Having one disabled child and neglecting the other just because
he isn’t, happens. Obsession with your child because it’s you who wants to survive
is probable. The mother is human and the child is. Marathon understands,
appreciates and comforts.

When the only divided country in the
world is Korea, the tries for unification prove futile every time. But in 1991,
Korea did unify under a ping-pong team. The film narrates the sentimental tale
of the unified team, under the scrutinising eyes of politicians, the cultural
differences and years of enmity. The moment one dream evolves all, everything
else melts away.

As One brings to the surface the
often forgettable and insolvable issue of total loss of communication between
the people of the two countries. I found myself feeling for them, cheering,
waiting, worrying and crying. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

Set in a hospice, the film sheds a
different light on death. It is hard. It is painful. And it is difficult to
accept. But accepting the inevitability of death doesn’t necessarily mean
giving up. Trying to feel alive in every single moment before death is for some
people better than spending the last days of someone’s life on death bed. The
film narrates tales of people who accepted their early death and tried to make
up for the lost time. Completely touching and derives a million tears.